Arnold W Poole

I was appointed Arnold Poole by the Albany courthouse,.At first he seemed to know what he was doing to help me in my case as he hired a private investigator to look into my case. That I liked. I missed my court date be a few hours and when the warrant for my arrest was official, I turned mysel...f in. Being it was a felony charge it was a felony failure to appear. At my next court date Arnold told me he talked to the D.A. and got my failure to appear dropped down to a misdemeanor. When we went to court the judge was reading my changes off and the failure to appear was not dropped to a misdemeanor! When asked Mr. Poole why it was not, he raised his voice and said he never told Me this. It wouldn't have made very much of a difference in my sentencing guidelines, but I know what he told me and my sentence was nothing like he promised me it would be. I would not recommend anyone to choose a lawyer who is dishonest to his client. I'm very disappointed by his work and dishonesty.....